Post #747559 by TheBigT on Tue, Jul 21, 2015 10:35 AM

On 2015-07-21 09:05, AlohaStation wrote:
Could be beatles could be termites could be something entirely different. Placing it in the shed and setting off bug bombs will work. Seal up any large holes in the shed so that the pesticide can have time to "soak" in. Another trick is to inject boric acid (powder) into any of the bug holes. Boric acid is cheap, easy and safe to humans - and it is extremely deadly to insects! Even if you get a little in the bug hole it is effective (bugs need to touch it or breathe it).

What Aloha said. It really depends on what bugs are in there. For beetles, ants, termites, I use boric acid. I forget the brand, but you can look it up. There are a lot of boric acid pest control products out there. Mine came in a big tub, in powder format. I mix it with water in a spray bottle. Apply it to the tiki.

This will only stop new attacks. It won't reach beetles that are already in there. It probably would kill existing termites and ants since they come and go. I have not seen it work on carpenter bees. For any beetles that are in there already, you'll just have to wait for them to mature and come out. No new ones will want to come back in.